Megabit (Mbit)
One million bits.
What is a megabit?
- Symbol
- Mbit
- Quantity
- Data Storage
- Unit system
- SI
- Definition
- One million bits.
- Exact
- Yes, the value is exact by definition
- Source
- IEC 80000-13:2008, Quantities and units: Information science and technology
Common applications
Used for memory and flash chip capacities and for data amounts in telecommunications.
Megabit in other data storage units
- 1 Mbit = 1000000 bitBit
- 1 Mbit = 250000 nibbleNibble
- 1 Mbit = 125000 BByte
- 1 Mbit = 1000 kbitKilobit
- 1 Mbit = 0.001 GbitGigabit
- 1 Mbit = 0.000001 TbitTerabit
- 1 Mbit = 125 kBKilobyte
- 1 Mbit = 0.125 MBMegabit to Megabyte converter
- 1 Mbit = 0.000125 GBGigabyte
- 1 Mbit = 1.25e-7 TBTerabyte
- 1 Mbit = 1.25e-10 PBPetabyte
- 1 Mbit = 976.5625 KibitKibibit
- 1 Mbit = 0.95367431640625 MibitMebibit
- 1 Mbit = 122.0703125 KiBKibibyte
- 1 Mbit = 0.11920928955078125 MiBMebibyte
- 1 Mbit ≈ 0.0001164153218 GiBGibibyte
- 1 Mbit ≈ 1.136868377e-7 TiBTebibyte
- 1 Mbit ≈ 1.110223025e-10 PiBPebibyte
Megabit quick reference
| Megabit | Megabyte | Gigabyte | Gibibyte |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mbit | = 0.125 MB | = 0.000125 GB | ≈ 0.0001164153218 GiB |
| 10 Mbit | = 1.25 MB | = 0.00125 GB | ≈ 0.001164153218 GiB |
| 100 Mbit | = 12.5 MB | = 0.0125 GB | ≈ 0.01164153218 GiB |
| 1000 Mbit | = 125 MB | = 0.125 GB | ≈ 0.1164153218 GiB |
Where the megabit fits
The next smaller data storage unit is the kibibyte (KiB). 1 Mbit = 122.0703125 KiB, and 1 KiB = 0.008192 Mbit.
The next larger data storage unit is the mebibit (Mibit). 1 Mbit = 0.95367431640625 Mibit, and 1 Mibit = 1.048576 Mbit.
Frequently asked questions
- How many megabytes are in one megabit?
- One megabit = 0.125 MB (megabytes).
- How many gigabytes are in one megabit?
- One megabit = 0.000125 GB (gigabytes).
- How many gibibytes are in one megabit?
- One megabit ≈ 0.0001164153218 GiB (gibibytes).